The career I intend to pursue is mechanical engineering. The reason I chose this is because ever since I was little I have always been interested in building toy cars. I begged my parents to buy me Legos so I could create anything I could think of. Even though there are many types of engineering, I want to be the engineer who designs cars. History of Mechanical Engineering The history of mechanical engineering is very extensive and dates back to ancient times. The works of Archimedes date back to ancient Greece. He designed ships and invented the Archimedes screw which is still used today ("Wikipedia"). The reason mechanical engineering goes back so long is that people have a natural tendency to make things better than today to make work more efficient and easier. In the process of simplifying things, some people come along and make a huge invention that influences others to invent and expand. It is known that the world's greatest nations throughout history have created the best engineers and inventors. To grow engineering and invention in a nation there is one key component. A nation's agriculture must thrive to allow for the growth of better technology, for example the Aztecs in Mexico were technologically superior to any other nation in the ancient Americas for the soul purpose of being able to better focus on technology instead of starvation. Now, in today's world we don't really need our agriculture to thrive for our technology to improve because it is funded by the government. Mechanical engineering is also required by warfare. War is the fuel that drives nations to defend themselves, and to do so requires engineers to make better weapons and transportation. As with most other technologies...half of the paper..."100 years of improvement?". Daily fuel saving tip. Np, 25 March 2008. Web. 12 March 2010. .Varassi, Giovanni. “ASME Releases Report on Future Trends in Mechanical Engineering.” ASME.ORG. ASME News Online, August 12, 2008. Network. 12 March 2010. "Engineers". Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor, December 17, 2009. Web. March 12, 2010. .Harmon, Liz. "Mechanical Engineering." Graduate engineer. Education League, nd Web. March 12, 2010. "Mechanical Engineering." Wikipedia. Wikipedia and Web. 13 March 2010. .